Tips & Tricks

Windows and Office-related questions and solutions.

How can I fix the on-screen keyboard on the tray?

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It’s been possible to insert emojis into the screen shortcut for a long time. For those who use these colorful icons regularly, you can attach the screen shortcut to the tray to make them easier to access. Right-click on an empty space on the taskbar and select Show Button for Touch Keyboard. Click on the …

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How can I transfer page settings between other worksheets?

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A worksheet is finally painstakingly shaped to ensure that margins, orientations, headers, and footers are all as desired. Now we’re working with another document, and we’d like to assign the same settings once. This can be done with a trick.

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How can messages be forwarded automatically?

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If you use a Microsoft Exchange-based email account in Outlook, you can set up forwarding to automatically send incoming messages to another email address. Exchange support is necessary because in this case, it is the mail server that takes care of forwarding the e-mail messages, not Outlook – so the forwarding happens even if your computer is not switched on. But it’s not just users who communicate from a business email address who benefit from this because free mailboxes set up with outlook.com is Microsoft Exchange-based.

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How can I display longer screen messages?

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Windows 10 displays notifications about current events, such as new mail, updates, and updated apps. However, these notifications are only visible for five seconds by default, so you might miss important information. But you can set the length of time you want to see the notifications.

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How can I hide photos stored in OneDrive?

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Microsoft’s cloud storage, OneDrive, is so closely tied to Windows 10 that the Photos app also shows pictures stored on OneDrive. For those who don’t want this, you can prevent it by clicking on the three dots icon in the top right of the Photos app and selecting Settings. In the Microsoft OneDrive area, set …

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How can I print double-sided without a duplex printer?

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Few users have a printer with a so-called duplex unit that can print on both sides. This is typically a feature that is specific to more expensive models, perhaps intended for a corporate environment and is rarely added to the average home printer. With a little trickery, you can still produce such a print – though in two steps.

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How do I remove Internet Explorer 11 from Windows 10?

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Although Microsoft has added two modern browsing tools to its operating system with the original Microsoft Edge introduced in Windows 10 and the new Chromium-based Edge browser released later, the old Internet Explorer 11 is still haunting Windows. The problem is that IE cannot be removed as it is deeply embedded in the system architecture. You can turn off the insecure browser, but you need administrator rights to do so.

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